Each person who responds to God's grace and the Substitutionary Atonement receives the great gift of salvation in all its aspects.
Each person who responds to God’s grace (Titus 2:11) and the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ (Rom 5:8; 1 John 2:2) by confession of sin,
The salvation of man by the grace of God and the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of Christian theology. The atonement provides the redemption of creation from the bondage of evil and the offer to redeem man from the bondage of sin; man’s redemption is accompanied by forgiveness, justification, adoption, regeneration, and many other gifts comprising salvation. Mankind desperately needs salvation because every person since Adam and Eve, except Jesus Christ, was born with a sin nature and no person, except Jesus Christ, has lived a sinless life. We are all born with a sin nature and embrace sinful behavior as soon as we are able to exercise free will.
Furthermore, the one attribute of Jesus Christ which is absolutely essential for the substitutionary atonement is sinlessness. If the incarnate Jesus did not live a sinless life, then his crucifixion, death and resurrection could not free any part of creation from the bondage of evil nor could it free one man from the bondage of sin. Scriptures are completely unanimous in declaring the perfect sinlessness of Christ under all circumstances.
Christians believe that one and only one punishment, the substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ, was necessary and sufficient to: (1) redeem all creation from the bondage of evil and (2) redeem all mankind from the bondage of sin. By submitting to this punishment, God redeemed the universe from the vice grip of Satan and, for mankind, offered not only redemption from the bondage of sin but also the far greater gift of salvation in all its aspects. However, redemption from bondage does not mean redemption from influence. For a time and within limits God is permitting the consequences of evil throughout all creation and in the souls of men. Satan will never accept the substitutionary atonement as sufficient payment for redemption. He believes his property was stolen from him by a phony purchase and he is battling God to retain possession.
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